Focus in Sentence
これはももです。
/kore wa momo desu/
This is a peach. (in English)
In the Japanese sentence, a focused word is "momo".
So, the word is slowly spoken than the other words.
| syllables | spoken speed | comments |
| "kore" | about 100 ms / syllable | a part of subject |
| "wa" | about 160 ms / syllable | a particle |
| "momo" | about 160 ms / syllable | a complement |
| "de" | about 120 ms / syllable | a part of verb |
| "su" | about 220 ms / syllable | /u/: devocalization |
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